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Re: Nice box nailing jig

Unless your wood is really warped, I think I could nail the twisty ones before stapling faster. That and a big crescent wrench for a lever are all I need to store. I suppose if I was putting together hundreds regularly I might justify the storage room that would take up.

Re: Nice box nailing jig

Hmmm....well, I'm not crazy about the pivots on the movable sides...should work fine, but it won't let you know if something is off. Since the goal is a box with all 90 degree surfaces, I would make the jig impose that on the box.

For a rabbited hive body, some kind of jig is almost necessary...for box joints, you can get away without one (but you have to cut the box joints). I made one out of wood made like a simple frame nailing jig that does 2 boxes at a time. I still use clamps to hold everything tight, but I don't have to stop and check to see if things are square.

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Re: Nice box nailing jig

even with rabbeted joints, i just glued and put two staples in each side to hold it together. then flexed it until it was square to the eyeball (i did confirm on the first one with a framing square) then started firing off staples like it was the shooitng gallery at the county fair. Its a little faster to to set up the box hoined ones, but you spend more time cutting the fingers.